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Would you spend £2500 on a child's birthday party?

Once you've sorted a venue, food, games and goody bags, the cost of a child's birthday party can quickly add up. But nothing was too lavish when Sophie-May Dickson, 22, threw a party for her daughter Princess Bliss' fifth birthday.

The single mum from Essex splashed out on a pony, red carpet and 3-tiered birthday cake – denying that she'll make her daughter spoilt.

"I think there's a big difference between a spoilt child and treated one," she said, appearing on ITV's This Morning. "They haven’t laid down on the floor and kicked their legs and said, 'I want this'.

"It’s once a year you get them something special – why shouldn’t you splash out?

"You’ve got a year to do what your children want for their birthdays, why wouldn’t you do what they asked for?"

Sophie-May who previously appeared on Channel 5 documentary Blinging Up Baby, is also mum to 3-year-old Precious Belle Ruby Rozina, and pampers both her girls with spray tans, nail polish and designer clothes.

She started planning Princess's fifth birthday 9 months before the event in September. "It was just a party, like most people have," she said. "We had a DJ, face painting and a bouncy castle."

"At the end of the day, her name’s Princess. That’s quite an extravagant name, so you have to expect extravagant parties," she said.

But what do you think? How much should you spend on a birthday party? Let us know in the comments below.